For most of her life, the famous American painter Georgia O’Keefe was surrounded by photography and yet her performances in this art had not attracted attention. Now, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts (MFAH) is hosting the first exhibition dedicated to the photographic work of the pioneer of modernism in painting, nearly 100 black-and-white photographs from O’Keefe’s newly discovered archive are on display at Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer ».
Although in the first decades of her life she accidentally showed love for the camera, her marriage to photographer and gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz in 1924 was what led her to “immerse” herself in this medium. He posed for hundreds of portraits of Stiglitz, helping him print his photographs and even designing his exhibitions.
Only after the death of her husband in the mid-1940s, however, did she begin to take serious photographs of herself. Learning from photographer Tony Webb, she began focusing on her surroundings in northern New Mexico, often capturing the same subjects with the camera that he had painted years ago.
“Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer” ends on January 17 and on the MFAH website There is a half hour video – with English subtitles – guided by curator Lisa Volpe. After Houston, the exhibition will move to the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts in February.
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